Originally posted by: muse10
Maybe not in this serial, but in another Ekta show (Kaisa Yeh Pyar Hai), the heroine did marry someone else, a man to whom she was indebted. When the vengeful hero gets out of jail and tries to break up her marriage (a la Monte Cristo), she consummates with her husband and even has his child later. In that one, she didnt love the other guy, but considered him her greatest friend. So there the scenario was reversed. Heroine loves hero but separates from him due to misunderstandings, she marries her friend and has his kid. And she did get a LOT of flak from IF members for that! 😆 But the hero also had physical affairs with other women when they were separated later, for which we also bashed him.
But we still loved them both as both were complicated, grey characters. Hero and heroine of a story or show dont have to be absolutely pristine, pure white characters. Its more interesting if they have faults, make mistakes and suffer for them.
Thanks Pallavi. Great response! Thanks for telling me about the other serial. PR is the first serial I have watched - so I learned something new about Ekta serials.
I totally agree especially with the highlighted part. Of course, complex characters with faults - Othello comes to mind - are more interesting to watch. (That is why even though I do not like the Arjun-Purvi track as developed now, I have no problems with them as characters.) And the whole thing about not sticking to traditional morality would be OK if it was not being associated with totally traditional and cliched expressions like "eternal love," "true love," "Pavitra Rishta" etc. After all social mores have changed. But if the cliched expressions are going to be used, then we better stick with the kind of moral values associated with them.
Further, the same non-traditional modern thinking would lead us to see that love does not happen only once. Any psychologist will say that much. Not that people should run around having affairs. But if a person finds a caring partner, human heart does respond to care and love. So, this mix up created by non-traditional life style with use of totally traditional values like - "sacrifice" (very confusingly defined), "pure love," "eternal love" etc. leads to criticism by viewers of my type (or may be it is only me).
Thanks for a great post and taking time to respond.
Thanks for your response! 😊
Yes, flawed central characters are more interesting to watch, as the great example you have given of Othello. Hamartia or fatal flaw in character drove the hero towards his own destruction in Greek tragedies.
I think the term Pavitra Rishta is used more for Archu and Manav than Arjun Purvi, isnt it?
I agree that people can love again, first love is not full and final. If Ovi was the least bit mature, if she understood and respected Arjun, if she gave him space and let his memories be in their own place, she could have and would have made a place for herself in his heart. Basically, Arjun is a very needy person, he lost his mother early and had an indifferent father. So it would not have been difficult for a caring, loving woman to win his heart again. But problem is, Ovi herself was needy and insecure, immature. How can one needy person fulfil the needs of another one? Thats why there was no chance for their marriage to survive.
Edited by pallavi25 - 12 years ago
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